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libraryladie · Jun 7, 2008, 11:45 PM

Tried to run our newly installed (yesterday) kenmore elite #13423 this evening. Green clean light flashing, would not fill, tried several remedies provided here to no avail. Called customer service and Hadji told me he had no appliance experience( at least he was being honest) I would need to call back on Monday! Got frustrated, I started MASHING buttons, and there it was, that glorious flashing test mode... I took a deep breath and started a cycle, IT WORKED!
I will be calling sears on Monday to have them uninstall and refund!

DishwasherDan · Jun 21, 2008, 11:34 AM

I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher model 665. It is the kind with Ultra Wash, Sensor ATC and QuietDry listed on the front. No numbers, only touch pads. Estimated purchase around 2001.

I thought the touch pad had gone bad and was going to pursue a repair call from Sears. However, the codes shared on this board reset my machine.

"High Temp Scrub" followed by "Air Dry" followed by "High Temp Scrub" Again and then "Air Dry" again.

All of the lights lit up and then the machine ran a partial wash.

It's a shame that Sears/Kenmore don't publish these reset codes in the manual. I guess they want more service calls : (

katguerrea · Jun 30, 2008, 10:00 AM

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!
I followed the advice to press heated wash/ hi temp dry back and forth 5 times and by dishwasher started back up! I love the internet.

ÐocStrange · Jul 7, 2008, 12:53 PM

Right on the money

ÐocStrange · Jul 7, 2008, 12:58 PM

I can't tell you how pleased I am that this worked. I, like many of you, am unhappy with Sears over this problem. I am only marginally handy around the house, but at least I can try with proper instruction. Imagine my surprise when I looked under troubleshooting in the manual and it gave me common sense information such as turn on the water and check the circuit breaker. I contacted Sears, and they wanted me to purchase a 12 month service contract for $200, half the price of a new dishwasher. Who knows what the technician would have said the problem is, or how much that would have cost me without the warranty. Again, thank you for saving me an incredible amount of time and money.

Richard Haas · Jul 13, 2008, 12:06 PM

This solution worked for me today on a Sears Model 665.1603*. The book tells you to call for service on the heater element - shame on you Sears!

Stammon · Aug 18, 2008, 12:14 PM

I just fixed my 655.16042400 unit. Several days ago this dishwasher failed. We had the dreaded blinking clean light. As a Master Maintenance High Voltage Team Leader in a Steel Mill I'm not afraid of anything. My job is to repair stuff, and right now! This piece of junk annoyed me. Our green clean light went on right away. That tells me that the circuit board sends a small current through the heater to test it. So I shorted the heater to reset the system. No luck. In steel mill vernacular ? So I tested every component of the system. No luck. I do not allow anyone in our house to fix anything, if I cannot fix it it goes to the dump. As this dishwasher is only 4 years old I decided to drink beer and surf the net. I found this wonderful site and the reset instructions.
After reset I found our problem; the main pump is jammed. Because of that the heating coil overheats and shuts down. When that happens we get the green flashing Clean light. If your heater circuit is in good shape, then your problem might be your pump.
I think Sears needs a punch in the nose for subjecting it's customers to this rigmarole.
Best of luck;
Stammon farms

threezenuf · Sep 8, 2008, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by L0gansm0mmy

I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago:rolleyes:
Thank-you in advance:o

Help! Hasn't worked for me, sorry to say. The lights just keep blinking and blinking and blinking. Any other ideas? If this is an electrical problem, I still have time on my warranty, otherwise, I'm stuck!

Stammon · Sep 8, 2008, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by threezenuf

Help! Hasn't worked for me, sorry to say. The lights just keep blinking and blinking and blinking. Any other ideas? If this is an electrical problem, I still have time on my warranty, otherwise, I'm stuck!

I have fixed our washer. The pump bearing had locked up so the heater had over heated without cooling water sprayed over it. To reset our computer I pressed the "high temp wash" and "heated dry' buttons over and over. There are web sites that talk about this.
Try that, alternating between the two. You still have a problem that need fixing.

pbward · Sep 8, 2008, 10:06 PM

Thank you thank you thank you!
I had the same problem - "clean" light stuck "on" - a couple of years ago, and the repairman had told me which two buttons to push...
Now, two years later, I could not for the life of me remember which two to push. Thank you for the fix, it worked.

trytryagain · Sep 10, 2008, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by yochanan

The RESET sequence also fixed the touchpad problem on our Kenmore Model 665 "Limited Edition". In our case, the touchpad would only run "Quick Rinse" and "Time Saver" cycles -- no response to the "Normal Wash" button. Sears Repair gave me a choice: $75 for a service visit (plus any charges to repair) or $198 for a 1-year warranty. I googled, found the reset sequence just in time, and cancelled the appointment!

The exact words on the touchpad vary for different models in the 665 series. In our case, the sequence is:

"Hi Temp Scrub - Air Dry - Hi Temp Scrub - Air Dry"

After you do that, the lights all flash on. A partial cycle may run at that point (let it). Good to go!

Our dishwasher (model 665) works great when it works. But last time it had to be reset I had to wait 3 weeks before sears could send a service guy (we have warranty protection). Two weeks after the flashing green was "fixed" it did it again. One never realizes how much time and hassle a working dishwasher saves until it goes south... I was aggravated at prospect of having no dishwasher for another two weeks...

Then I found this web link and this post in particular.. the simple reset instructions got the machine unstuck from its clean flash mode. It is running as we speak! What a joy! Thanks a ton guys ! The web is awesome...

While I am at it, might as well ask what dishwasher listmembers are considering when it comes time to "reset" from Kenmore!

Thanks !

Taydrew · Oct 13, 2008, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by zrocket

my clean light was blinking on my kenmore i just pushed the heated wash,and the heated dry buttons one after the other for about 5 times and all the lights lit up and the thing just started going through differant settings then it all quit so i pushed normal wash and its working now.

Thank you, thank you!! I had given up and I had just sent my husband out to buy a new dishwasher when I ran into your site. I had tried the "code" already but it didn't work for me. Then I read somewhere that they pressed the buttons "fast". I went back and did that, nothing, but then I pushed the "start" button and it started washing. Fantastic!

drposthuma · Oct 25, 2008, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by L0gansm0mmy

I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago:rolleyes:
Thank-you in advance:o

I have the same problem

drposthuma · Oct 25, 2008, 03:33 PM

My kenmore dishwasher has a blinking light and you seem to have had the answer for some one else so can you help me out of the dog house as well

drposthuma · Oct 25, 2008, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by L0gansm0mmy

I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago:rolleyes:
Thank-you in advance:o

I have the same problem

drposthuma · Oct 25, 2008, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by L0gansm0mmy

I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago:rolleyes:
Thank-you in advance:o

I have the same problem

ksupaul · Dec 3, 2008, 06:29 PM

It's all been said on how valuable this is. Thanks you.

BTW - My sequence was Water Heat / No Heat Dry / What Heat / No Heat Dry.

I have a Kenmore Elite Ultra Quiet Guard... blahblahwhatever. Model 665

minarprina · Dec 8, 2008, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Hotrod

Thank You.. That Worked for me too!!!

THE POWER OF THE WeB!!!

Thanks to an answer on this site, I pushed heated dry, normal wash, heated dry, normal wash and it went through some kind of process with all lights lit, etc. When it finished that process and was quiet, we found it worked. Hooray! This was after spending a half hour trying to understand "help" from first a woman and then a man with heavy accents who were unable to help. That is, for $204 we could fix the problem and have a year's warranty or spend $65 for a diagnostic visit plus cost of parts, etc. Earliest available appointment was two weeks down the road. A local repair company would come out for $85 plus parts. I preferred this solution.

raymond562 · Dec 15, 2008, 05:47 PM

After reading this answer and trying everything I could think of I pushed the normal wash and the heated dry at the same time and held them for a few seconds. All lights lite up and it ran through a short cycle. After that it functioned normally again!

Thank you so much for the help and saving me a service call!

cricket58bxt · Dec 24, 2008, 05:18 AM

Thank you... it's the holidays... problem over... we had a broken element, a repair person fixed that but did not know how to reset the panel... yippee!!